Moonwalk
In Melee, the moonwalk is a backwards sliding motion that can occur in the initial dash animation. It was discovered by the user Mr.C, and named after Michael Jackson's signature dance move.
To moonwalk, start dashing and immediately do a half-circle with the control stick starting from down towards the opposite direction as the one you are facing. If you are facing the left, do a quarter-circle starting from down and moving towards the right. This should result in the user doing a sort of backwards slide, but in a state more similar to dashing than to wavedashing.
The moonwalk is most noticeable when used by Captain Falcon. The characters that can moonwalk, listed in order from longest to shortest, are:
An interesting property of the moonwalk is that its length and speed are considerably increased when the user is holding a Bunny Hood. For example, when Captain Falcon uses the moonwalk with a Bunny Hood, he will zoom in the opposite direction a length equivalent to over half of Final Destination. In fact, every character can moonwalk at least a bit with the Bunny Hood. In order from longest to shortest:
- Captain Falcon
- Mewtwo
- Young Link
- Link
- Yoshi
- Ganondorf
- Bowser
- Peach
- Sheik
- Kirby
- Samus
- Luigi
- Donkey Kong
- Zelda
- Falco
- Fox
- Pichu
- Pikachu
- Roy
- Dr. Mario
- Mario
- Jigglypuff
- Ness
- Marth
- Ice Climbers
- Mr. Game & Watch
External Links
A YouTube video showing all characters moonwalking to the ledge
